Given name
Jehonadab
“The Lord gives liberally”
Jehonadab is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord gives liberally.”
Original Hebrewיונדב
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “The Lord gives liberally.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb nadab (נדב), “to willingly give.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Jehonadab appears in 2 Samuel 13:3.
From biblical name research
Jehonadab through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jehonadab’s family of names
Jehonadab has a related form in Jonadab.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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